After splitting America in half following an edgy awards show, Ricky Gervais the comedian once again has stirred up controversy following a statement that parents who are irresponsible should be sterilized.
Gervais himself is childless and said in an interview that there are too many poor people who are struggling and too many unwanted children. Thus, in his opinion a woman who is eating chips with a fag in hand should just be sterilized on the spot.
Despite his harsh statements, Gervais, states that even though he grew up on a Reading council estate his views are the result of parenting style and not a result of his class.
According to Gervais, he described a parent that was irresponsible not a ‘poor’ parent and that he would never advocate sterilizing someone because they were poor.
Among the many things that can constitute irresponsible parenting according to Gervais, who coincidently is an atheist, is sending a child to a religious school because they are brainwashed.
He also stated in the interview that his girlfriend Jane Fallon had talked about children in the past but decided against it because of the hassle. He went on to say they just did not want to devote such as large section of their life to children.
Earlier in this month Gervais drew criticism as the Golden Globes host when he made fun of megastars including Mel Gibson and Sir Paul McCartney while drink
If you want to raise smart kids, you should read to them regularly. That’s the conclusion of parents who took part in a new Harris Interactive Survey, commissioned by LeapFrog Enterprises. Of those taking part in the survey, 98% said they feel that reading to their kids from very early in life is quite important.
When asked how to get children more interested in reading, reading to them ranked at the top of the list. Other methods regular suggested by educators:
- Encourage the child to write his or her own child and read it to the adult. Record the story as the child presents it.
- Repeatedly read to the child his or her favourite story. Hearing or reading the same book over and over does is not at all harmful. If it engages the child and keeps him interested in the habit of getting into books, then by all means, read that favourite book as often as he wants to hear it.
- As you’re reading the book, occasionally stop to ask the child questions about the story so far. This is important so you can make sure that they are comprehending what they’re hearing or reading.
- Before you begin reading the book, show him or her the cover. Talk about what they expect the story to be about, based on the cover.
- Then discuss what the story is actually going to be about, as well as what you hope the child will learn from the book.
- Also, spend some time talking about the author of the book. Who is it? Why did he / she write the book? You should encourage children to gain an interest in the authors themselves.
- As you’re going through the book together, relate it to the child. Have they experienced something similar? Talk about those times.
- Talk about the type of book it is, and the differences in book types. For instance, is it a fable? A myth is it a humorous or serious story? An adventure or comedy? Help them to learn the difference.
- Before getting too far into the book, talk about the hero of the book. Who is he or she? Why do they do the things they do?
- Give the child opportunity to give his view of how the hero and villain acted.
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After splitting America in half following an edgy awards show, Ricky Gervais the comedian once again has stirred up controversy following a statement that parents who are irresponsible should be sterilized.
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